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Solution Manual for Fundamentals of Investments Valuation
JA JA JA JA JA JA J



and Management, 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan and
A JA JA JA JA JA JA JA



Thomas Miller and Steve Dolvin
JA JA JA JA




SOLUTION MANUAL FOR JA JA


Fundamentals of Investments Valuation and Management, 10th Edition Jordan
JA JA JA JA JA JA JA JA




Chapter 1-21 JA




Chapter 1 JA


A Brief History of Risk and Return
JA JA JA JA JA JA




Concept Questions JA




1. ForJAbothJAriskJAandJAreturn,JAincreasingJAorderJAisJAb,JAc,JAa,JAd.JAOnJAaverage,JAtheJAhigherJAtheJAriskJAofJAanJAi
nvestment,JAtheJAhigherJAisJAitsJAexpectedJAreturn.

2. SinceJAtheJApriceJAdidn’tJAchange,JAtheJAcapitalJAgainsJAyieldJAwasJAzero.JAIfJAtheJAtotalJAreturnJAwasJAfourJAper
cent,JAthenJAtheJAdividendJAyieldJAmustJAbeJAfourJApercent.

3. ItJAisJAimpossibleJAtoJAloseJAmoreJAthanJA–
100JApercentJAofJAyourJAinvestment.JATherefore,JAreturnJAdistributionsJAareJAcutJAoffJAonJAtheJAlowerJAtailJAatJ
A–100JApercent;JAifJAreturnsJAwereJAtrulyJAnormallyJAdistributed,JAyouJAcouldJAloseJAmuchJAmore.




4. ToJAcalculateJAanJAarithmeticJAreturn,JAyouJAsumJAtheJAreturnsJAandJAdivideJAbyJAtheJAnumberJAofJAreturns.JA
AsJAsuch,JAarithmeticJAreturnsJAdoJAnotJAaccountJAforJAtheJAeffectsJAofJAcompoundingJA(and,JAinJAparticular,
JAtheJAeffectJAofJAvolatility).JAGeometricJAreturnsJAdoJAaccountJAforJAtheJAeffectsJAofJAcompoundingJAandJAf

orJAchangesJAinJAtheJAbaseJAusedJAforJAeachJAyear’sJAcalculationJAofJAreturns.JAAsJAanJAinvestor,JAtheJAmoreJA
importantJAreturnJAofJAanJAassetJAisJAtheJAgeometricJAreturn.

5. Blume’sJAformulaJAusesJAtheJAarithmeticJAandJAgeometricJAreturnsJAalongJAwithJAtheJAnumberJAofJAobservat
ionsJAtoJAapproximateJAaJAholdingJAperiodJAreturn.JAWhenJApredictingJAaJAholdingJAperiodJAreturn,JAtheJAari
thmeticJAreturnJAwillJAtendJAtoJAbeJAtooJAhighJAandJAtheJAgeometricJAreturnJAwillJAtendJAtoJAbeJAtooJAlow.JABlum
e’sJAformulaJAadjustsJAtheseJAreturnsJAforJAdifferentJAholdingJAperiodJAexpectedJAreturns.

6. T-
billJAratesJAwereJAhighestJAinJAtheJAearlyJAeightiesJAsinceJAinflationJAatJAtheJAtimeJAwasJArelativelyJAhigh.JAA
sJAweJAdiscussJAinJAourJAchapterJAonJAinterestJArates,JAratesJAonJAT-
billsJAwillJAalmostJAalwaysJAbeJAslightlyJAhigherJAthanJAtheJAexpectedJArateJAofJAinflation.

7. RiskJApremiumsJAareJAaboutJAtheJAsameJAregardlessJAofJAwhetherJAweJAaccountJAforJAinflation.JATheJAreaso
nJAisJAthatJAriskJApremiumsJAareJAtheJAdifferenceJAbetweenJAtwoJAreturns,JAsoJAinflationJAessentiallyJAnetsJAo
ut.

8. Returns,JAriskJApremiums,JAandJAvolatilityJAwouldJAallJAbeJAlowerJAthanJAweJAestimatedJAbecauseJAaftertaxJ
AreturnsJAareJAsmallerJAthanJApretaxJAreturns. 1

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and Management, 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan and
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Thomas Miller and Steve Dolvin
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9. WeJAhaveJAseenJAthatJAT-
billsJAbarelyJAkeptJAupJAwithJAinflationJAbeforeJAtaxes.JAAfterJAtaxes,JAinvestorsJAinJAT-
billsJAactuallyJAlostJAgroundJA(assumingJAanythingJAotherJAthanJAaJAveryJAlowJAtaxJArate).JAThus,JAanJAallJAT-
billJAstrategyJAwillJAprobablyJAloseJAmoneyJAinJArealJAdollarsJAforJAaJAtaxableJAinvestor.

10. ItJAisJAimportantJAnotJAtoJAloseJAsightJAofJAtheJAfactJAthatJAtheJAresultsJAweJAhaveJAdiscussedJAcoverJAoverJA80J
Ayears,JAwellJAbeyondJAtheJAinvestingJAlifetimeJAforJAmostJAofJAus.JAThereJAhaveJAbeenJAextendedJAperiodsJA

duringJAwhichJAsmallJAstocksJAhaveJAdoneJAterribly.JAThus,JAoneJAreasonJAmostJAinvestorsJAwillJAchooseJAn
otJAtoJApursueJAaJA100JApercentJAstockJA(particularlyJAsmall-
capJAstocks)JAstrategyJAisJAthatJAmanyJAinvestorsJAhaveJArelativelyJAshortJAhorizons,JAandJAhighJAvolatilityJAin
vestmentsJAmayJAbeJAveryJAinappropriateJAinJAsuchJAcases.JAThereJAareJAotherJAreasons,JAbutJAweJAwillJAdef
erJAdiscussionJAofJAtheseJAtoJAlaterJAchapters.

11.

SolutionsJAtoJAQuestionsJAandJAProblems

NOTE:JAAllJAendJAofJAchapterJAproblemsJAwereJAsolvedJAusingJAaJAspreadsheet.JAManyJAproblemsJArequireJAmultipleJ
Asteps.JADueJAtoJAspaceJAandJAreadabilityJAconstraints,JAwhenJAtheseJAintermediateJAstepsJAareJAincludedJAinJAthis

JAsolutionsJAmanual,JAroundingJAmayJAappearJAtoJAhaveJAoccurred.JAHowever,JAtheJAfinalJAanswerJAforJAeachJApr

oblemJAisJAfoundJAwithoutJAroundingJAduringJAanyJAstepJAinJAtheJAproblem.

CoreJAQuestions

1. TotalJAdollarJAreturnJA=JA100($41JA–JA$37JA+JA$.28)JA=JA$428.00
WhetherJAyouJAchooseJAtoJAsellJAtheJAstockJAdoesJAnotJAaffectJAtheJAgainJAorJAlossJAforJAtheJAyear;JAyourJAsto
ckJAisJAworthJAwhatJAitJAwouldJAbringJAifJAyouJAsoldJAit.JAWhetherJAyouJAchooseJAtoJAdoJAsoJAorJAnotJAisJAirrel
evantJA(ignoringJAcommissionsJAandJAtaxes).


2. CapitalJAgainsJAyieldJ A J A J A $41JA–
JA$37J A J A /JA$37J A J A .1081,JAorJA10.81%JADividendJAyieldJ A J A $.28/$37J A J A .0076,JAorJA.76%

TotalJArateJAofJAreturnJ A J A 10.81%J A J A .76%J A J A 11.57%

3. DollarJAreturnJA=JA500($34JA–JA$37JA+JA$.28)JA=JA–$1,360

CapitalJ A gainsJ A yieldJ A J A J A J A $34J A –J A $37J A J A /$37J A J A J A –.0811,J A orJ A –8.11%
DividendJAyield $.28/$37
.0076,JAorJA.76%JATotalJArateJAofJAreturnJA=JA–
8.11%JA+JA.76%JA=JA–7.35%
JA



4.
a. averageJAreturnJA=JA6.0%,JAaverageJAriskJApremiumJA=JA2.7%
b. averageJAreturnJA=JA3.3%,JAaverageJAriskJApremiumJA=JA0%
c. averageJAreturnJA=JA12.3%,JAaverageJAriskJApremiumJA=JA9.0%
d. averageJAreturnJA=JA16.3%,JAaverageJAriskJApremiumJA=JA13.0%


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and Management, 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan and
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5. CherryJAaverageJ A return 17% 11%J A –J A 2% 3% 14%J A J A /5 8.60%J A StrawJ A averageJ A returnJ A
16% 18%JA–JA6% 1% 22%J A J A /5 10.20%

6. Cherry:JARA 8.60%

Var .17JA–JA.086J A J A 2 .11JA–JA.086J A J A 2 –.02JA–JA.086J A J A 2 .03JA–JA.086J A J A 2 .14JA–JA.086J A J A 2 .0062
1/

StandardJAdeviation .00623J A J A 1/2 .0789,JAorJA7.89%


Straw:JARB 10.20%
Var 1/JA4 .16JA–JA.102 2
.18JA–JA.102J A J A 2 –.06JA–JA.102J A J A 2 .01JA–JA.102J A J A 2 .22JA–JA.102J A J A 2

.01452JA

StandardJAdeviation .01452J A J A 1/2 .1205,JAorJA12.05%


7. TheJAcapitalJAgainsJAyieldJAis $59JA–JA$65J A /$65 –.0923,JAorJA–
9.23%JA(noticeJAtheJAnegativeJAsign).JAWithJAaJAdividendJAyieldJAofJA1.2JApercent,JAtheJAtotalJAreturnJAisJA–
8.03%.


8. GeometricJAreturn 1 .17 1 .11 1 .02 1 .03 1 .14 (1/5)J A
–JA1 .0837,
orJA8.37%


9. ArithmeticJAreturn .21 .12 .07JA–.13JA–JA.04 .26J A J A /JA6 .0817,JAorJA8.17%
(1/6)

GeometricJAreturn 1 .21 1 .12 1 .07 1JA–JA.13 1JA–JA.04 1 .26 –
J A 1J A

.0730,JAorJA7.30%

IntermediateJAQuestions

10. That’sJAplusJAorJAminusJAoneJAstandardJAdeviation,JAsoJAaboutJAtwo-
thirdsJAofJAtheJAtime,JAorJAtwoJAyearsJAoutJAofJAthree.JAInJAoneJAyearJAoutJAofJAthree,JAyouJAwillJAbeJAoutsideJAthisJA
range,JAimplyingJAthatJAyouJAwillJAbeJAbelowJAitJAoneJAyearJAoutJAofJAsixJAandJAaboveJAitJAoneJAyearJAoutJAofJAsix.


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and Management, 10th Edition by Bradford Jordan and
A JA JA JA JA JA JA JA



Thomas Miller and Steve Dolvin
JA JA JA JA




11. YouJAloseJAmoneyJAifJAyouJAhaveJAaJAnegativeJAreturn.JAWithJAaJA12JApercentJAexpectedJAreturnJAandJAaJA6JAperce
ntJAstandardJAdeviation,JAaJAzeroJAreturnJAisJAtwoJAstandardJAdeviationsJAbelowJAtheJAaverage.JATheJAoddsJAofJAb
eingJAoutsideJA(aboveJAorJAbelow)JAtwoJAstandardJAdeviationsJAareJA5JApercent;JAtheJAoddsJAofJAbeingJAbelowJAar
eJAhalfJAthat,JAorJA2.5JApercent.JA(It’sJAactuallyJA2.28JApercent.)JAYouJAshouldJAexpectJAtoJAloseJAmoneyJAonlyJA2.
5JAyearsJAoutJAofJAeveryJA100.JAIt’sJAaJAprettyJAsafeJAinvestment.

12. TheJAaverageJAreturnJAisJA6.0JApercent,JAwithJAaJAstandardJAdeviationJAofJA9.8JApercent,JAsoJAProb(ReturnJA<JA–
3.8JAorJAReturnJA15.8JA)
1/3,JAbutJAweJAareJAonlyJAinterestedJAinJAoneJAtail;JAProb Return –3.9 1/JA6
,JAwhichJAisJAhalfJAofJA1/3JA(orJAaboutJA16%)JA.
95%:JA6.0JA±JA2σJA=JA6.0JA±JA2(9.8)JA=JA–13.6%JAtoJA25.6%
99%:JA6.0JA±JA3σJA=JA6.0JA±JA3(9.8)JA=JA–23.4%JAtoJA35.4%

13. ExpectedJAreturnJA=JA16.4%;JAσJA=JA31.2%.JADoublingJAyourJAmoneyJAisJAaJA100%JAreturn,JAsoJAifJAtheJAreturnJAdistribu
n
isJAnormal,JAZJ A J A 100JA–JA16.4J A /JA31.2J A 2.68JAstandardJAdeviations;JAthisJAisJAin-
betweenJAtwoJAandJAthreeJAstandardJAdeviations,JAsoJAtheJAprobabilityJAisJAsmall,JAsomewhereJAbetweenJA.5%JAa
ndJA2.5%JA(why?).JAReferringJAtoJAtheJAnearestJAZJAtable,JAtheJAactualJAprobabilityJAisJA=JA0.369%,JAorJAlessJAtha
nJAeveryJA100JAyears.JATriplingJAyourJAmoneyJAwouldJAbeJAZ
200JA–
16.4J A /JA31.2J A 5.88JAstandardJAdeviations;JAthisJAcorrespondsJAtoJAaJAprobabilityJAofJA(much)JAlessJAthanJA0.01
JA

%.JA(TheJAactualJAanswerJAisJAlessJAthanJAonceJAeveryJA1JAmillionJAyears,JAsoJAdon’tJAholdJAyourJAbreath.)

14.
Year CommonJAstocks T-billJAreturn RiskJApremium
1973 –14.69% 7.29% –21.98%
1974 –26.47% 7.99% –34.46%
1975 37.23% 5.87% 31.36%
1796 23.93% 5.07% 18.86%
1977 –7.16% 5.45% –12.61%
sum 12.84% 31.67% –18.83%
a. AnnualJAriskJApremiumJA=JACommonJAstockJAreturnJA–JAT-billJAreturnJA(seeJAtableJAabove).
b. AverageJAreturns:JACommonJAstocks 12.84/5 .0257,JAorJA2.57%;JAT-bills 31.67/5
.0633JA,JAorJA6.33%JARiskJApremium –18.83/5 –.0377,JAorJA–3.77%

c. CommonJAstocks:JAVar 1/JA4[ –.1469JA–JA.0257J A J A 2 –.2647JA–JA.0257J A J A 2 .3723JA–JA.0257 2




.2393JA –JA.0257J A J A 2 –.0716JA–JA.0257J A J A 2JA] .072337

StandardJAdeviation 0.072337J A J A 1/2 .2690,JAorJA26.90%

T-bills:JAVar 1/JA4 .0729JA–JA.0633J A J A 2 .0799JA–JA.0633J A J A 2 .0587JA–JA.0633J A J A 2 .0507JA–.0633
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